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Dreamgirls (2006)

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 200
Fresh: 156 | Rotten: 44

Dreamgirls' simple characters and plot hardly detract from the movie's real feats: the electrifying performances and the dazzling musical numbers.

Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 6

Dreamgirls' simple characters and plot hardly detract from the movie's real feats: the electrifying performances and the dazzling musical numbers.

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Movie Info

Director Bill Condon brings Tom Eyen's Tony award-winning Broadway musical to the big screen in a tale of dreams, stardom, and the high cost of success in the cutthroat recording industry. The time is the 1960s, and singers Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose), and Deena (Beyonc� Knowles) are about to find out just what it's like to have their wildest dreams come true. Discovered at a local talent show by ambitious manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx), the trio known as "the

PG-13, 2 hr. 10 min.

Drama, Horror, Musical & Performing Arts

Directed By: Bill Condon

Written By: Bill Condon

In Theaters: Dec 25, 2006 Wide

On DVD: May 1, 2007

Box Office:$103.3M

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It compares to that other "legitimate" musical smash of recent vintage, Chicago. It just doesn't have the life or fun of Chicago.

May 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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Watching Dreamgirls on the big screen feels like an event somehow. Maybe it's the conviction and passion that the actors bring to their roles.

January 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Slate

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Dana Stevens

Slate

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Dreamgirls is the entire musical package, a triumph of old school on-screen glamour, and we wouldn't want it any other way.

January 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

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Elegiac, filthy-minded, unsparing, and as deeply moving as you'd expect from any de facto story of Peter O'Toole's life.

January 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Albert Williams

Chicago Reader

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It's a product that promises magic, and yet gives us nothing to live on.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

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...An uneven success.

December 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

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Condon's adaptation is polished and enjoyable and yet something is missing from making it a truly great musical movie--perhaps a more coherent vision or unity.

January 6, 2010 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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A musical for people who've forgotten how to listen, and how to feel

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

A tight and entertaining musical with a show stealing performance by Jennifer Hudson.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Broadway Beyonc� = big, boomy musical fun.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

While not exactly the ultimate 'showstopper edition' that its title states, it will satisfy the fans' desire for substantial supplements and even have the film's detractors looking forward to any future release.

August 19, 2007 Comment

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Dreamgirls opened on Xmas day and it was every much of a brilliant holiday movie. I guess the only complaint I have is it is too slick.

July 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Magazine International

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Moira Sullivan

Movie Magazine International

There's a joy on screen -- a love for the material that's palpable and contagious -- but the material, in the end, lets them down.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

...Hudson offers up a seriously underwhelming performance...

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Worse than a movie of the weak (pun intended)

May 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Dan Jardine

Apollo Guide

This bright, bold musical is, for all its moment-to-moment energy and excitement, ultimately curiously unmoving.

May 3, 2007 Full Review Source: MSN.com

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

Jennifer Hudson's coming out party!

April 28, 2007 Full Review Source: EURWeb

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Kam Williams

EURWeb

If you enjoyed movies like Mahogany, Ray, or Walk The Line, then Dreamgirls is an absolute must-see.

April 24, 2007 Comment

Staci Layne Wilson

Buzzine Magazine

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A beautifully well made film, with great performances, and proves Eddie Murphy is a good actor.

March 2, 2011

Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

A very good film. A bit overrated in my opinion becuase 8 Academy Award nominations is very generous. However this film delivers on all levels. Great performances all around, emotion, brilliant cinematography, fantastic music....it's good. The music is definitely the highlight of the film for me though, particularly

November 9, 2010

Jameson Worley

Super Reviewer

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